When we meet

We talk about issues that are happening in our city and what young people think about them. Things like climate change, homelessness, and recycling and waste reduction to name a few.

If you’re passionate about social change, politics or have opinions that you think should be heard - we want to hear your voice!

Take part in online surveys

We also know that not every young person wants to sit in a meeting every 2 weeks talking about politics (and that’s ok!). If you still want to have your voice heard, you can sign up to Youth-Spective, our online survey tool. Once you sign up we'll email you our surveys so your voice can be counted and your opinions heard.

General members

What we've done this year

This year we have been focusing on areas we think are of high priority to young people. These include:

youth mental health,

sustainability and climate change, and

the local body elections in October (we don’t support any particular candidate but we want to encourage all eligible young people to vote!)

We also stay on top of what’s happening within Council so we can make submissions and speak at council or committee meetings on issues that are relevant to young people.

Using this foundation and relationship with Council, we can make a difference for youth in Lower Hutt. We have already made strides towards this through the written and oral submissions for the Annual Plan.

While we aim to be active in making sure the youth voice is heard within Council, we also hope to work with Council on issues like: